Inching Edie (Video!)

Did you realize Edie is closing in on six months? All of her milestones continue to sneak up on me. In the last week, she's gone from accidentally rotating in place when on her tummy on the floor, to moving with purpose. The moving is still quite slow and she often doesn't have the energy or stamina to get to her final destination, but it doesn't stop her from trying! Right now she employs a method of locomotion that is equal parts inch worm, army crawl, and wild flailing. My favorite move is when she gets up into a plank on her hands and toes, then either gets one knee under her or simply thrusts forward with her toes so she lands on her tummy a few inches ahead of where she started. Video proof:




Also please note the toys in the foreground. I put them there hoping she would be motivated to move toward them, but right when I started the video Daddy walked in the room, so she is ignoring the toys and moving his direction with great determination. She only made it about halfway to his chair after a good ten minutes, so of course he rescued her. I'm guessing it's going to be mere weeks before we have a lightning crawler in the house...